Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c8.s4.8

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Flags, drums and trumpets roused the spirit of the warriors in ancient India. The warriors from either side tried to cut off the banners with arrows and they captured the flag and the battle was lost to the party which lost the flag⁷⁷ The Bṛhatkalpa Bhāṣya refers to four types of drums of Kanha Vāsudeva, viz., Komudikā,⁷⁸ Saṅgāmiyā, Dubbhuya, and Asivopasamini; it is said that they all were made of sandal wood. The drums were also imbued with medicinal properties. It is said that asivopasamini when beaten banished the diseases for the period of six months.⁷⁹ Kṛṣṇa possessed another drum named Sannāhiya⁸⁰ Hearing the beating of this drum the warriors gathered together and marched against the king Paumanābha.⁸¹